Desire 1 John 2 12 - 17

Desires are a tool. The desire to eat, to escape the cold, to love, for security, to protect love ones – these are given so we may live in this world. But when desire stretches beyond this, it ceases to be holy. No longer prompted by the Spirit, it turns to the desires of the flesh, which soon rule over the Spirit.

The Father loves all His children, yet not all walk in step with Him. Only those who are overcoming the world, whose hearts are rooted in His Word, are truly aligned with Him. The fruits of the world cannot sustain the life that endures forever; like their father, they slowly decay. The Spirit within us, however, does not decay – it is life from God, eternal and unshaken.